What crazy things do you hear from your conservative friends?

[JeffersonChick]

Here's some of what I've heard in the last few months:

"They found out that the oil washing up on the shores of Florida is from an earlier spill!!!" (This, shouted at God only knows how many decibels)

"The oil spill isn't BP's fault, it was an accident." When I pointed out that they should have had a contingency plan, his response: "Do you have a contingency plan if your car doesn't start? How is it your fault?"

"I watch Fox News because it's the most unbiased." When I mentioned the oil spill & regulations, she appeared to not know what "regulation" meant. (BTW - this from a DOCTOR)!

"The whole banking crisis is a result of irresponsible home buyers whose eyes were bigger than their wallets"

(After seeing "Capitalism: A Love Story") "All this that happened is the PEOPLE'S fault, because they didn't do anything about it when it was happening."

"Sarah Palin is intelligent"

Concerning unfair labor practices: "Well, they're free to go work somewhere else" and "You can't force philanthropy"

When I mentioned that, as a liberal, my biggest issue is mega-corporate power & unchecked corruption: "Oh yeah? What about Ben & Jerry's? They're a great company!"


It's extremely difficult to refrain from ripping my hair out, or giving them a good slap.

[Kolesar]

1. There is no ammunition in the stores because Obama is going to ban guns and ammunition

So buy whatever ammuntition you can, pronto!

[fl_dem]

12. "the cost of bullets doubled and its Obama's fault"

I said "no, dumbass, the costs of bullets went up because of this thing called supply and demand, someone who gains to profit said Obama gonna take you guns, better go buy em up...and you did, dumbass".

[Kolesar]

15. National Enquirer predicts a shortage of air conditioners this summer

That was a real headline that I saw in the store.

[polichick]

2. Bless your heart for bothering with them - I avoid conservatives like the plague. nt

[JeffersonChick]

3. I wish I could

But my family and most of my friends are conservatives. You see, I live in Arizona.. which explains it.

[CarlaLevin]

4. To be honest, we don't often stay friends

I have a low BS tolerance and while I think that they sincerely beleive what they are saying, that does not change that it is BS. Generally, when I talk politics with conservative friends, we do not stay friends long. Seriously, if I value the friendship for other reasons, I just say "Let's not talk politics or religion". But I can understand if you are in a red state, you may not be able to be so pikcy about who your friends are - and some diversity of views can be healthy.

[polichick]

11. Guess I'm lucky - all my conservative relatives live far, far away from me...

...in more ways than one!

[drmeow]

27. There are a lot of us non-conservatives here in AZ

and we're getting more vocal about it.

[pinboy3niner]

43. Welcome to DU, JeffersonChick

When you need a respite from the crazy, you know where to come.

:hi:

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

5. The craziest thing I have heard...

Was from a surprisingly intelligent lump of a kid who pumps gas at the local "budget"(HAH!) gas station.

Now, here in NJ, we have the Highlands act, a bi-partisan bill designed to keep development out our delicate watershed areas. Of course, farmers and large land owners hate it, as do developers. Soooo...they have lost their little minds. They have half-baked the explanation that high gas prices are a result of The Highlands Act. No explanation is forthcoming as to WHY this happens, it is simply canon.

The kid, I will say, was as gobsmacked as I was at the complete lack of logic and reason in this "argument".

He might have been, on the exterior, a lump, but the kid has real smarts and I told him so.

Surprising where you find smarts these days.

[lamp_shade]

Just a short time ago - Arizona and California Immigration Laws are virtually identical.

I don't know how to respond.

[happy_liberal]

Obama is a socialist!

What are they talking about? I cannot find anything he has done that is socialist.

Health care? Forcing Americans to buy something from a private corporation is fascism, not socialism.

It also drives me crazy that they keep saying Obama is oh so far left? WTF! He hasn't done any of the things the 'left' worked to get him elected for.

The thing that is really pissing me off is the constant complaining about illegal immigrants, saying they get free health care, free food, free social security....what the fuck are they talking about? Most people who are illegal don't want to go anywhere near a government agency for fear they would be caught. Most people who are legal and need help, can't even get it. But somehow these illegals are getting social security cards and collecting from American tax dollars....sure....

I wish someone would slap them and explain to them....very....slowly.....your tax money is going to useless wars and warmongering and you are paying for the pentagon to create propaganda to convince you why it is all necessary.

[geardaddy]

25. Spot on, HL.

Good analysis.

[maxsolomon]

6. what conservative friends?

i live in Seattle!

[CTyankee]

17. Conservatives are here in the People's Republic of New Haven but

they hide and spew in the anonymous "Sound Off" call board in the local paper. There are only about 3 or 4 who actually put their names on LTTE...

[RagAss]

31. Root them out and get them to the education camps ! .... LOL !

[CTyankee]

36. I have actually teased my RW brother in law with that "re-education camp"

meme! I think it confused him...

[Posteritatis]

7. My current favorite is "the BP disaster is environmentalists' fault."

Sometimes you just have to say "What" and walk away...

[happy_liberal]

8. They are completely irrational

It doesn't have to be logical, and no amount of hypocrisy ever gets in their way.

I think maybe what we are seeing is the affects of too many pesticides, flouride etc. Our brains are wired differently and the 'other side' just couldn't deal with the toxic buildup and it has blocked essential brain functioning.

[JeffersonChick]

33. @Happy Liberal - that is hilarious!

Thanks for making me laugh. God knows I've needed it. :D

[Solomon]

40. Hannity said that yesterday. The environmentalists forced us

to drill so far out from the coast that the water is too deep. Had this happened in shallow water they could have quickly plugged the leak.

[guitar man]

9. The BP disaster is the Sierra Club's fault

unbelievable :eyes:

[blue sky at night]

10. there is no difference...

between Dems and repukes....uh, ya...sure.

[izzybeans]

13. I heard that Clinton created the deficit recently.

I asked what rabbit hole he fell down.

Another one: Singapore is the most democratic nation on the planet.

[City Lights]

14. Obama is gunna take their guns!

Another goodie is that health insurance is like housing, in that neither is a right. If we provide health insurance to everyone, what's next, buying a house for everyone? :eyes: Sometimes the stupid really does hurt. :banghead:

[SPedigrees]

16. *Conservative* and *friend* are mutually exclusive in my book.

I do not have conservative friends.

[Arugula Latte]

32. Agree. That's an oxymorAn if I ever heard one.

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

18. "I like Sarah"

:puke:

[Mugweed]

19. I no longer have conservative friends.

None of them could actually have a rational discussion or debate, or allow me to Google up facts that refute their claims. So I have just stopped associating with them.

[EnviroBat]

20. I despise conservatives.

I don't keep any as friends, maybe useful idiots, but not friends.

[benld74]

21. Received XMAS Card with photos of their young kids holding Good and Bad Lists,,

and we can all guess Which people were listed on Which list CANT WE?????

[Scuba]

22. I have conservative friends....

.... one fewer than a couple years ago because I got him to open his eyes.

Keep talking, keep gently showing them the facts, a few will eventually get it.

[HelenWheels]

23. Only allowed one eye

After a (former) friend of mine said, "With the Obama health care reform if you have eye problems you will only be allowed to save one eye." That did it for me. I told her I just couldn't talk with her anymore as this was just beyond stupid. She called once after that and I said I wasn't home.

[Cartoonist]

24. I live in SF bay area

so conservatives are hard to find, though they aren't afraid of saying dumb things. One client of mine, who I am friendly with, blamed the failure of schools on former governor Grey Davis, saying that they were better when Reagan was governor. Being a client, I could not point out the obvious to him.

[drmeow]

26. Do you have a contingency plan if your car doesn't start?

Ummm - yes - its called AAA (OK, I lied, its actually Better World Club but more people recognize AAA).

[SpiralHawk]

42. And it is your fault if your car won't start - you have not maintained it adequately

Sheesh, republicon homelanders just do not do responsibility...

[pinboy3niner]

44. Two words: Jumper cables nt

[Sheepshank]

28. two things immediately come to mind

1. "Dontcha just love Palin?"

2. Citizenship to be revoked if you don't get health insurance.

[frebrd]

29. Why in the world would I have "conservative friends"?

Never have had and never will!

:shrug:

[Snarkoleptic]

30. They seem to love this site...

http://commieblaster.com/

[amb123]

34. . . . An Honest Days Work

"Liberals don't understand what it's like to do an honest days work, to earn their daily bread, because they want the Government to take care of them from the cradle to the grave."

[treestar]

35. That liberals don't have jobs

You know the one where they talk about the millions at the inauguration and that only 2 of them were missing work?

And of course, that you can always get a job, no matter what. If there is no job available, you should move! Or create a job for yourself!

It is all so simple, you see! :sarcasm:

[PassingFair]

41. Usually from the mouth of someone drawing disability...

The "get a job" bunch are usually pulling
"socialist" money, whether it's
Social Security (I paid into it, dammit,
it's MINE) or disability.

The Medicare loving anti-healthcare reform
lunatics come to mind....

[deutsey]

37. The one that drives me crazy is the "liberal media" canard

When I point out to them that almost all news media in America are owned by five or so multi-billion dollar corporate conglomerates (not Marxist collectives), I just get a blank stare from them.

[Neurotica]

38. "The spill is the government's fault" (son's classmate)

During free time in science class, some kids started talking about the oil spill. One of the students, who is well-known to be against Obama for anything and everything, blamed the spill -- somehow -- on the government. My son and some of his friends immediately engaged in a debate on this issue. I was extremely happy to know that these kids are all staying informed, and are willing to challenge such ridiculous ideas.

[BeFree]

39. heh

If you are not an expert, you should STFU.

The elites have handled this well, well, and you must trust them to handle it even weller.<sic>

And a bunch more bs.